Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.

2017
DAMN. - Kendrick Lamar

Top 100 Albums of 2017 Pazz & Jop

Dark Matter - Randy Newman

Dean's List 2017 Robert Christgau

Hot Thoughts - Spoon

Best Albums of 2017 Wall Street Journal: Jim Fusilli

Top Ten Albums of 2017 Stranger

Best Albums of 2017 In Review Online

Capacity - Big Thief

Top 30 Albums of 2017 The Wild Honey Pie

The Yunahon Mixtape - Oso Oso

Top 50 Releases of 2017 The Alternative

25 Best Albums of 2017 Vibe

A Deeper Understanding - The War on Drugs

Top 100 Albums of 2017 Under the Radar

Apricot Princess - Rex Orange County

The Best Albums Of 2017 Coup De Main

DAMN. - Kendrick Lamar

27 Albums That Made Our 2017 gal-dem

Ctrl - SZA

Best Albums of 2017 Vinyl Me, Please

Capacity - Big Thief

Best Albums of 2017 Flood

Residente - Residente

10 Best Albums of 2017 Chron: Joey Guerra

Melodrama - Lorde

Best Albums of 2017 Mercury News: Jim Harrington

Freedom Highway - Rhiannon Giddens

20 Favorite Albums of 2017 Listening Through The Lens

Aromanticism - Moses Sumney

Favorite Albums of 2017 Jeremy D. Larson

Freedom Highway - Rhiannon Giddens

Best Albums of 2017 No Depression

Big Fish Theory - Vince Staples

10 Best Albums of 2017 Daily Beast

Ctrl - SZA

39 Favorite Albums Of 2017 Hanif Abdurraqib

Residente - Residente

The Best Albums of 2017 Slate: Carl Wilson

Pure Comedy - Father John Misty

Top 50 Albums of 2017 The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano

DAMN. - Kendrick Lamar

Top 50 Albums of 2017 Brooklyn Vegan

Sleep Well Beast - The National

Top 50 Albums of 2017 Sputnikmusic